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Leander Engström

(Sweden, 1886-1927)
Estimate
4 500 000 - 5 000 000 SEK
405 000 - 450 000 EUR
433 000 - 481 000 USD
Hammer price
4 500 000 SEK
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Lena Rydén
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Lena Rydén
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Leander Engström
(Sweden, 1886-1927)

"Badstranden"

Signed Leander Engström and dated 1920. Canvas 88.5 x 125 cm.

Provenance

Fritzes Kungl. Hovbokhandel, Stockholm.
Acquired in the 1960/70s, thence in a private collection.

Exhibitions

Riksförbundet för bildande konst, "Nordiskt Måleri", Vandringsutställning nr 15, 1938-39, cat. no 4.
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, "Leander Engström, Retrospective" 1928, cat no 90.

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Artist

Per leander Engström was a Swedish visual artist born in Ytterhogdal. He studied under the tutorship of Henri Matisse in Paris and the artists association school in Stockholm. Engström was part of the artistic group De Unga together with none other than Isaac Grünewald and Tor Bjurström. Engström was greatly inspired by Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne. Leander Engström followed in Osslund's footsteps and was captivated by Lapland's overwhelming natural scenery, which he depicted using the forms and colors of Fauvism. His paintings from 1912-15 - landscapes, still lifes, nude scenes - are harmonious and emotional, built upon Cézannes principles of discrete, weak colours. The years between 1916 and 1919 kan be understood as his most expressionistic period. Sweeping lines, large stylised planes and bright strong colours dominated his characteristic style. Engström found himself in Italy between 1920 and 1922 where he studied the early Rennaissance; it was during this time that he neared new objectivity. Leander Engström was one of Matisse's most impressive pupils.

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